#5 Dedham hosted #12 Medway in a TVL-themed Division 3 State Tournament Round of 16 matchup. The game was scoreless until late in the 4th quarter when Bella Cortis (JR) found Senior Captain, Olivia Melanson who netted a score for Medway to make it a 1-0 game with 4:05 left to play. With just 20 seconds left in regulation, Fiona McCafferty netted the game-tying goal for Dedham and the game would head to a sudden-death 7 vs 7 overtime.
MIAA DIV 3 Tournament
Field Hockey
Round of 16Medway 1
Dedham 1
OvertimeFiona McCafferty scores with 20 seconds left to tie it and send it to OT pic.twitter.com/mYYVZJcjEz
— DedhamAthletics (@DedhamAthletics) November 7, 2024
In overtime with 8:33 left, Medway Senior Captain, Olivia Melanson struck again for a score and gave Medway the walk-off 2 to 1 win. #12 Medway advances and will head to Medfield for the Round of 8 in another D3 TVL-themed playoff matchup against #4 Medfield on Saturday, November 9th at 4pm! #5 seeded Dedham ends their season with a record of 14 wins,4 losses,2 ties and Medway improves to 7 wins,9 losses and 2 ties.
Celebrating a hard fought victory in overtime!
Next up, a meeting with Medfield in the Elite 8 on Saturday at 4 PM in Medfield. pic.twitter.com/xETM9EbM73
— Medway Athletics (@MedwayAthletics) November 7, 2024
MIAA D3 FIELD HOCKEY
Round of 16#12 Medway @ #5 Dedham
Melanson wins it!!! With 8:33 left in OT, Medway defeats Dedham 2-1 to move on to the Elite 8! pic.twitter.com/W9KQ5utHqt
— Medway Athletics (@MedwayAthletics) November 7, 2024
What a gritty win over a very strong Dedham team. We can't forget how good Shae O'Neill was in goal tonight! Great stuff!!
— Medway Athletics (@MedwayAthletics) November 7, 2024
MIAA D3 FIELD HOCKEY
Round of 16#12 Medway @ #5 Dedham
End of regulation…we are tied at 1.
We head to a 10 min 7v7 OT.
— Medway Athletics (@MedwayAthletics) November 7, 2024
MIAA DIV 3 Tournament
Field Hockey
Round of 16Medway 2
Dedham 1
Final/OTGood game, tough loss, great season for the Marauders
— DedhamAthletics (@DedhamAthletics) November 7, 2024